There's been a lot of movement of para cyclists and assorted cycling equipment, heading to all parts of the world, east and west, to LA for track and KL for road.
All the Canberra paras are now safe on the ground in their respective locations. The Australian Para Track Team landed in LA 19 hours before they left Sydney. Cool huh? So if anyone is looking to keep tabs on results, remember that the events won't happen until the day after we get to the time here in Oz. Confusing or what!
After a relatively short flight by comparison with travel to events in Europe ('just' 14 hours) , the team arrived in good spirits and set about settling into the local routine.
Competition commences next Thursday, 9 February, LA time. You can find the program and all sorts of other information about the World Para Track Championships at http://www.paracyclingla2012.com/folders.asp?uid=1.
Meanwhile a bit further west or east, depending on your perspective, Jing arrived safely in Kuala Lumpur with bikes intact, and has settled into her accommodation for the Asian Championships.
Several countries are represented, the breakdown roughly as follows:
Big Korean team of hand-cyclists and tandems
Malaysia too (tandems and a few single-bike riders, all men)
3 HCs from Singapore
2 men single-bike riders Philippines
1 male single-bike rider from Iran
And Jing - blazing the way for Asian para women cyclists!
With the World Track Championships running at the same time in LA, Japan and China aren't represented, since apart from hand cyclists, most para cyclists ride both track and road.
The program for the Asian Road Championships sees time trials to be run on Monday 6 February, and road races on Tuesday 7 February. So far I haven't found a website where further information can be found on these championships.
More, including results to come.....
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